Default palliative care consultation for seriously ill hospitalized patients: a pragmatic cluster randomized trial

KR Courtright, V Madden, B Bayes, M Chowdhury… - JAMA, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Increasing inpatient palliative care delivery is prioritized, but large-scale,
experimental evidence of its effectiveness is lacking. Objective To determine whether …

Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in Critical Care Near the End of Life: A Narrative Review

KE Hauschildt, JB Vick, DC Ashana - Critical Care Clinics, 2024 - criticalcare.theclinics.com
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Potentially preventable hospitalizations in dementia: family caregiver experiences

T Sadak, SF Zdon, E Ishado, O Zaslavsky… - International …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Background: Health crises in persons living with dementia challenge their caregivers to
make pivotal decisions, often under pressure, and to act in new ways on behalf of their care …

Impact of the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis and a Structured COVID Unit on Physician Behaviors in Code Status Ordering

E Molitch-Hou, H Zhang, P Gala… - American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: Code status orders are standard practice impacting end-of-life care for individuals.
This study reviews the impact of a COVID unit on physician behaviors towards goal …

Improving quality of care for seriously ill patients: opportunities for hospitalists

RE Fail, DE Meier - Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As the shift to value‐based payment accelerates, hospitals are under increasing pressure to
deliver high‐quality, efficient services. Palliative care approaches improve quality of life and …

Falls and hospitalizations among persons with dementia and associated caregiver emotional difficulties

AN Leggett, CA Polenick, DT Maust… - The …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Falls and hospitalizations are adverse health events
commonly experienced by persons with dementia (PWDs). These events often require …

“I Don't Have Time to Sit and Talk with Them”: Hospitalists' Perspectives on Palliative Care Consultation for Patients with Dementia

KR Courtright, TL Srinivasan… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Specialty palliative care for hospitalized patients with
dementia is widely recommended and may improve outcomes, yet rates of consultation …

Hospice care in Medicare patients with primary liver cancer: the impact on resource utilisation and mortality

N Fukui, P Golabi, M Otgonsuren… - Alimentary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Few studies have assessed the impact of hospice care in patients with primary
liver cancer. Aim To examine the determinants of hospice care and its effects on resource …

Primary palliative care for every nurse practitioner

MS Wheeler - The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2016 - Elsevier
The ability to provide primary palliative care is a skill set that nurse practitioners should
acquire, develop, and refine. The relief of suffering—physical, emotional, and spiritual …

End-of-life care of elderly patients with dementia: A cross-sectional study of family carer decision-making

RI Peixoto, VM da Silveira, RD Zimmermann… - Archives of gerontology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Dementia syndromes pose a major worldwide challenge to public health. In
terminal stage of dementia, carers are responsible for decision making in end-of-life …